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Written by Steve Kolowich / The Bowdoin Orient
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Sunday, 29 January 2006 |
SOUTH KOREA -- The Bowdoin Meddiebempsters are accustomed to performing for quiet, attentive audiences, but how about a group of Buddhist monks? They are used to singing in cafés and restaurants, but how about one of the swankiest night clubs in Seoul, South Korea? They are no strangers to sharing the stage with other talented singers, but how about a famed Korean diva? They are familiar with playing alumni functions, but how about the first ever convocation of Bowdoin Korean alumni?
Suffice it to say, the Meddies' two-week journey to South Korea over winter break set some new highs for the 69-year-old a capella group.
Using funds that they had raised by singing paid gigs in addition to a generous contribution from Bowdoin Student Government (BSG), 11 of the group's 13 members, two of whom call South Korea home, traveled to the other side of the globe, where they spent 14 days performing in churches, hospitals, restaurants, and even subway stations. Among their hosts during this time was a Bowdoin alumnus and former mayor of Seoul Cho Soon '60, and the parents of current Meddies Josh Chung '06 and Yong-Soo Chung '09 (no relation).
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 January 2006 )
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Written by Cheryl Sherry / Appleton Post Crescent
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Sunday, 29 January 2006 |
APPLETON, WI -- If you don't catch the Luther College Nordic Choir's 7 p.m. performance at the Lawrence Memorial Chapel Sunday, it will be another four years before the choir makes another appearance in these parts.
The premier touring ensemble based in Decorah, Iowa, is one of the top a cappella college choirs in the nation, and has a major national tour every year in a four-year rotation. This year, the Nordic Choir will perform in five Midwestern states. Next year it will be out to the East Coast and down to Florida, and the following year it will travel through the middle states down to Texas. The fourth rotation is the West Coast and California.
"They've got a great sound, as do all the choirs from those Norwegian Lutheran colleges," said Appleton's Walt Rugland, who catches a Christmas performance about every other year at the college's home base. "(The choir's) religious view is always in their minds so they can sing strongly religious pieces as well as secular pieces."
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 January 2006 )
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Written by Stephen Saxon
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Saturday, 28 January 2006 |
 photo by Stephen Saxon
Freight and Salvage Coffee House,
Berkeley, California.
The Bobs celebrated 25 years of performing a cappella by holding forth at the site of their birth, Freight And Salvage Coffee House in Berkeley, California for two nights in January 2006. This quartet is perennially ranked as the best comedic a cappella act going, though they’ve been making more noise recently on the national concert circuit with their reinterpretation of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” (just out on CD as “Rhapsody In Bob”), featuring a piano soloist and the vocal quartet taking the role of the accompanying orchestra. As a special treat (or trick) at the Freight shows, they featured seven of the eight men and women who have ever been Bobs.
Present and accounted for were Matthew Bob Stull and Richard Bob Greene, the two founding members who have been with the group for all 25 years. Included also were current members, Amy Bob Engelhardt, and the newest member, Dan Bob Schumacher. Joining in were Janie Bob Scott, Lori Bob Rivera and founding member Gunnar Bob Madsen. The only one missing was longtime tenor and vocal percussionist, Joe Bob Finetti.
Fresh from an extensive list of gigs in the fall and winter to support “Rhapsody in Bob” (featuring pianist Bob Malone), the current band was sounding very relaxed with each other. To call the Bobs “tight” would be misleading, since “tight” is not really their thing. But they were effectively loose, which may be one reason they’ve been going at this for a quarter of a century.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 January 2006 )
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Written by staff
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Thursday, 26 January 2006 |
The a cappella-themed independent film "Shut Up and Sing" will have its world premiere at the 2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, March 8 – 12th. The film, written and directed by Bruce Leddy, was chosen for the Film Discovery Program which selects the best in comedy to compete for jury-awarded prizes.
"Shut Up and Sing" is an ensemble comedy/drama about a group of guys who sang a cappella together in college and have now reunited 15 years later to sing at a friend’s wedding. When the group spends a long weekend rehearsing at a Long Island beach house – along with their significant others – it gives them a chance to reassess how their lives have progressed (and in some cases regressed) since their college heyday. The film stars David Harbour, Reg Rogers, Mark Feuerstein, Molly Shannon, Elizabeth Reaser, Rosemarie DeWitt, David Alan Basche, Sandy Chaplin, and vocal percussionist/actor Samrat Chakrabarti.
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